Assignment 10

Class 10 Concepts & Themes:

This week’s assignment will encompass the following concepts covered in Class 10 lecture & lab:

Class 10 Links:

Assignment Video Guides:

Signing up with OSM:

C10 OSM - Editing with ID EDITOR + HOT Mapping Overview:

Editing Points (POIs) in OSM:

Editing Buildings in OSM:

Editing Roads in OSM:

OSM data extraction via Overpass Turbo:

Class 10 Lab Materials:

C10 Lab

Class 10 Readings:

The class 10 quiz (Quiz 8 - Crowd Sourced Data & Web Mapping) will cover only content from the Essentials of Geographic Information Systems textbook as follows:

Chapter 9 Web Mapping
- Pages 157 - 176

Class 10 Supplemental Audio:

Audio piece - Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya - a community-based use of OSM and participatory mapping strategies:

OpenStreetMap Assignment:

Step 1, review Class 10 Lab 9 and Video Guides above to master following OpenStreetMap components:
- Signup
- Points (POIs), Lines, Areas & Buildings creation
- Tagging and comments
- Saving mapped features and a map session
- HOT Mapping (extra credit)
Step 2, Visit OpenStreetMap.org; create registration (this was done in c9 lab) with username + password + verification through email. Begin editing process:

Note - Internet Explorer will NOT recognize iD editor; use Chrome or another browser.

Navigate to your hometown, current place of residence or place of interest where you want to edit and click the Edit dropdown button. If asked which editor you want to use, choose iD.
Utilize Start the Walkthrough guide within the editor as a primer for editing as needed.
Step 3, Begin map editing:
- Utilize top bar panel Points, Lines and Areas to create geometry using base satellite imagery provided in OSM.
- Utilize Left attribute/fields editor panel at far left to TAG as well as revise TAGS for OSM points/lines/area geometries.
- As you close your editing session ‘changeset’ (a changeset is a group of edits made by one user in a relatively short time), ensure that commenting has been done by completing an appropriate Changeset Comment.

Examples of ‘good’ changeset comments

Top Geometry Panel (image):

Choose Geometry Type

Left Editor Panel (image):

Edit Panel following Geometry Type

Changeset Comment Panel (image):

Complete Changeset with Comment & Save

Deliverable:

Produce a PDF upload to Class 10 CANVAS assignment that features the following:
- OSM Username located prominently at top of PDF
- List of features you have created/edited for the assignment.
- A succinct narrative synopsis of your edits - reasons for the edits, working process, your own impressions of your project area.
- Ensure your tags comply with the community-approved documentation on the OpenStreetMap wiki. A full list of tags located HERE.
Wait approx. 10-15 minutes after your edit session, then refresh. Consider taking screengrabs of your complete, newly embedded features to augment your narrative synopsis. Remember to check multiple tile levels if your new features are not evident on a smaller scale tile level.
Utilize - C10 Assignment Examples - 3 for guidance on the presentation of your edits for the assignment deliverable.

Deliverable Alternative:

As addressed in Class 10 lecture demo, an alternative to creating your own edits in OSM, consider using the guidance of MapRoulette to form your edits. Here you would follow all the requirements of the assignment, but utilize MapRoulette task(s) to prompt your edits. You would form your report based on the MapRoulette task(s) and your resulting edits.
MapRoulette
Learn More about the MapRoulette process via the HELP + Resources

MapRoulette

Extra Credit:

Utilize the HOT task manager to login correctly and make a contributions to a task/project.
Make sure to edit under your OSM identity.
Summarize in narrative format the overall task, including any pertinent screengrabs of your editing process. Include this overview with your Class 10 assignment above.

US Census PDF + Video Tutorials for OSM:

Note: these materials are basis for C10 Lab